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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
It says % of muslims who want Sharia BUT NOT what percent of each country's population are muslims, which is more important. It makes NO DIFFERENCE if a country has only 1% of population who are middle east muslims, as in the USA. Statistics are only as good as the intelligence of the person who is reading it.[/quote]

Also, what is meant by "supporting Sharia" is not clearly defined. There is not a single version of "sharia" documented and in most countries which have implemented a version of "sharia", it is only for personal issues. Does it really matter that 90% of a country's Muslims support Sharia but that only means that they want to get married and divorced according to Islamic traditions?
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Doesn't Sharia Law mean the government makes people obey Sharia? We're not talking about people making personal decisions here. You know that.[/quote]

What is "Sharia"? Where is it documented? If a government "makes people obey Sharia", what does that mean? Does that mean that the government ordains beheadings and amputations or does it mean that weddings are conducted according to Muslims traditions? Everyone talks about "sharia" as if it is documented like the US Constitution. That is not the case. In fact, discussing it that way is one of the surest signs that the person discussing it is unformed about what it even is.
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I'm sorry, I thought it was a given that we were talking about making Sharia the law of the land, the government's law. Isn't that what people mean when they say they want sharia law -- not that they are free to marry and divorce and punish based on their own personal beliefs, but that everyone must do the same because that is the official law of the land? Come on, you know that's what the discussion is about.

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You are really misunderstanding. "Personal" issues are issues related to people such as marriage, divorce, funerals, etc. As opposed to "criminal" issues such as rape, murder, extortion, etc. "Sharia" is not a defined set of laws as you seem to believe that it is. So, if you say "making Sharia the law of the land" what exactly will be the law of the land? What are the nuts and bolts? How will trials be conducted? What will be the penalty for murder? In most countries that have implemented sharia, they have only done it for personal issues such as marriage, divorce, etc. Criminal and business laws may be influenced by Islam, but are not from Sharia.

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